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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B3-2022-61-2022</article-id>
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<article-title>ON THE APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING TIME SERIES ANALYSIS FOR LAND COVER MAPPING: SPECTRAL INDICES FOR CROPS CLASSIFICATION</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Collu</surname>
<given-names>C.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Dessì</surname>
<given-names>F.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4874-954X</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Simonetti</surname>
<given-names>D.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Lasio</surname>
<given-names>P.</given-names>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Botti</surname>
<given-names>P.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Melis</surname>
<given-names>M. T.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0970-1244</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria (BloccoA) S.S. 554 bivio per Sestu - 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Joint Research Centre, via Enrico Fermi 2749, TP250, 21027 Ispra (VA), Italy</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Directorate General of the Regional Agency of the Hydrographic District of Sardinia, via Mameli 88, 09123 Cagliari, Italy</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<volume>XLIII-B3-2022</volume>
<fpage>61</fpage>
<lpage>68</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2022 C. Collu et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2022</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>This study aims to introduce a semi-automatic classification workflow for the production of a land use/land cover (LULC) map of the island of Sardinia (Italy) following the CORINE legend schema, and a ground spatial resolution compatible with a scale of 1:25.000. The classification is based on free high-resolution satellite imagery from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 collected in 2020, ancillary data derived from Sardinian Geoportal, Joint Research Centre (JRC) and OpenStreetMap. The LULC map production includes three steps: 1) pixel-based classification, realized with two different approaches, that use i) information derived from existing thematic maps eventually re-coded in case of incoherencies observed between datasets and/or satellite data products, and ii) spectral indices and parameter thresholds defined on the basis of multitemporal analysis; 2) segmentation of Sentinel-1 and 2 annual composites, and pre-labelling of segments with the pixel-based classified map, obtaining the preliminary map; 3) visual inspection procedure in order to confirm, or re-assign, classes to polygons. The accuracy of the preliminary map was tested in a sample area and on specific class of non-irrigated crops through ground truth data collected from a detailed photo-interpretation, estimating 97% of overall accuracy. The results show a great improvement from existing thematic maps in terms of detail, with the possibility of a yearly updating of the map via automatic processes. However, some limitations were found, due to the high fragmentation of Sardinian landscape and the high variety of crop types and agricultural practices, that could affect the efficiency of the classifier.</p>
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